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Your paper selection creates the background size for the Layout Image.

The background size is NOT USUALLY the paper size in your printer's paper tray.

The background size ~~cannot~~ be ~~smaller~~ ~~than~~ your largest pattern piece.

The background size must be big enough to hold your largest pattern piece.

A multisheet Layout Image is created when the background size can hold your largest pattern piece but can't hold ALL pattern pieces.

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== Create a Layout Image ==

=== Select the Layout Image background size ===

Select a Layout Image background size from the paper sizes or create a custom paper size.

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The background size must be able to hold your biggest pattern piece, otherwise this error message appears: '''''"Several workpieces left not arranged, but none of them match for paper."'''''

The background size is not required to equal the paper size you will print on,

~~The~~ ~~background~~ ~~paper~~ size must be bigger than the size of the paper in your printer if ~~you~~ ~~will~~ ~~print~~ as ~~tiled~~ ~~PDF.~~

To print a Layout Image as a tiled PDF, the background size must be bigger than the size of the paper in your printer and must be big enough to hold all pattern pieces.

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The background size ~~width~~ must be ~~wide enough~~ to hold your biggest pattern piece, otherwise this error message appears: "Several workpieces left not arranged, but none of them match for paper."

* Sheet paper size:

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** Begin with width and length larger than you need and reduce to find best size

~~===~~ Review Dialog options ~~===~~

Review Dialog options before clicking 'OK'.

Select your printer to reserve the correct border widths for printer margins

Select '''Unite pages if possible''' to convert a multisheet Layout Image into a single sheet Layout Image.

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== Print a Layout Image==

Select '''File/Layout/Print''' if your single or multisheet Layout Image background size fits within your printer paper.

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Select '''File/Layout/Print as Tiled PDF''' if your single sheet Layout Image background size is bigger than your printer paper.

If your ~~single or~~ multisheet Layout Image size ~~matches (or~~ is ~~smaller~~ than) your printer paper: ~~Select~~ ~~'''File/~~Layout~~/Print'~~''

''Note: If your multisheet Layout Image background size is bigger than your printer paper, then you should recreate your Layout Image''

If your single sheet Layout Image size is too big for your printer paper: Select '''File/Layout/Print as Tiled PDF''' (not for multisheet Layout Images)

== Save a Layout Image ==

Select '''File/Layout/Save as Tiled PDF''' to save your single sheet Layout Image as a tiled PDF.

===Save as Tiled PDF===

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Select '''File/Layout/~~Save~~ as Tiled PDF''' ~~to save~~ your Layout Image as a ~~tiled~~ ~~PDF.~~ ~~ ~~

When you read or print this tiled PDF, your application must import the PDF at 96ppi and the 'Scale to Fit' print option should be de-selected.

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Select '''File/Layout/Export''' to save and export the Layout Image to a '''raster''' (.png, .jpeg) or '''vector''' (.pdf, .hpgl, .eps, .ps, .svg, .dxf) file format.

===For all other saving and exporting===

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~~Use~~ '''File/Layout/Export''' to save and export the Layout Image to a '''raster''' (.png, .jpeg) or '''vector''' (.pdf, .hpgl, .eps, .ps, .svg, .dxf) file format.

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